The Wind-Controlling Swordsmanship from Under One Person

Chapter 227 The Third Kazekage, Hundred Machine Manipulation

At this moment, Qin Ye has two paths before him.

First, hand over one tailed beast and continue to lie low within the Akatsuki organization. The tailed beasts captured later should also be handed over. Store the tailed beasts in the Gedo Mazo and wait for the right opportunity to seize them all at once.

Secondly, he decisively refused and, after killing Sasori, resolutely betrayed the Akatsuki organization. In this way, the enemy was no longer limited to the various ninja villages, but also included the Akatsuki team, whose members were all at the Kage level, and some even had super Kage level powerhouses.

The former is relatively safer, but it involves many uncertainties. If they are unable to successfully extract the Tailed Beast from the Gedo Mazo, then things will be very difficult.
The latter will undoubtedly increase the difficulty of the game in real time, but the dropped items can be used directly to improve combat power.

Qin Ye pondered for a moment and decided to kill Scorpion first. No matter what choice he made in the end, Scorpion had to be killed today without a doubt; he was too reckless.

Having made up his mind, Qin Ye stopped wasting words with Scorpion, grabbed his long sword, and charged out.

Scorpion had always been wary of Qin Ye, and upon seeing this, he immediately retreated.

As a puppeteer, engaging in close combat with enemies, especially against an opponent like Qin Ye whose melee abilities are terrifying, is undoubtedly an extremely foolish choice.

As he retreated, Scorpion flicked his wrist, sending out a scroll. The scroll unfurled instantly in the wind with a 'bang,' and white smoke exploded, revealing a humanoid puppet wearing a tattered cloak. A giant, serrated blade shot out from its right arm, slashing fiercely at Qin Ye with a piercing metallic scraping sound!

when!
The clash of metal was deafening, sparks flew as Qin Ye's longsword collided with the puppet's giant blade, creating a powerful gust of wind that instantly rippled the sand beneath their feet.

Scorpion's lips curled into a cold smile. With a slight movement of his fingers, chakra threads extended like a spider web. The puppet's joints cracked, and its left arm suddenly split open, revealing a dark, gaping mechanism. Dozens of poisoned senbon needles shot out like a torrential rain!

Qin Ye's eyes flashed, and he suddenly spun around, his blade flashing like a wheel, slicing down all the incoming hidden weapons.

However, the scorpion's attack did not stop. The runes engraved on the puppet's left arm suddenly blazed with bloody light, and the entire arm multiplied wildly as if it were alive.

Cluck cluck—

Amidst the chilling sound of bones grinding together, the arm transformed into thousands of bizarre, stick insect-like limbs, each covered in sharp barbs, swarming towards Qin Ye and attempting to strangle him!

Despite the situation, Qin Ye remained calm and composed. A fierce gust of wind surged around him as he firmly gripped the hilt of his sword and slashed forward with overwhelming force.

The next instant, a huge bluish-white wind blade burst forth from the sky. Wherever the blade passed, the air was torn apart, emitting a piercing shriek. Countless tiny wind streaks crisscrossed, like thousands of invisible blades, and collided violently with the deformed limbs that were waving all over the sky!
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The grating cutting sounds continued incessantly as the puppet's arms snapped off like fragile, withered branches under the severing force of the wind blades! Broken joints, shattered blades, and flying mechanical parts rained down, creating countless craters on the sand.

Scorpion's eyes widened as his Thousand Hands Martial Arts collapsed under the opponent's single strike, without even having time to unleash the subsequent poison mist.

However, Scorpion quickly adjusted his mindset and was not discouraged. In his view, the previous attacks were just playing around, and the real battle had just begun.

Manipulating Sasori's chakra threads, the puppet's jaws opened, and clumps of black iron sand poured out of its mouth, intertwining in the air to form a swirling black cloud.

This puppet was originally the Third Kazekage, who was killed by Sasori and then turned into a human puppet.

As for how Sasori could possibly kill the Third Kazekage, who was renowned throughout the Ninja Wars, it's not surprising. After all, the Kazekage always played the role of the one who gets killed.

Puppets made from living people can not only be equipped with various mechanisms, but also retain the ninjutsu they used in life.

This Magnet Release: Iron Sand is the Third Kazekage's bloodline limit, combining offense and defense. Once it invades the human body, it can completely paralyze the person. Furthermore, because the Third Kazekage's chakra possesses magnetic properties, any magnetic weapon cannot affect him.

With this terrifying bloodline limit, the Third Kazekage earned the title of the strongest Kazekage in history.

"Magnetic Release: Iron Sand Rain!"

Scorpion interlocked his fingers, and the dark clouds in the sky instantly turned into a torrential downpour. Countless fine iron needles tore through the air, emitting a chilling buzzing sound.

Qin Ye's Thousand Blades clanged and trembled uncontrollably amidst the sandstorm.

He frowned slightly; the Magnetic Release technique was actually vying with him for control of the Thousand Blades.

call--

The cracks on the Thousand Blades reflected the firelight, and purplish-red flames erupted from the cracks like magma, instantly engulfing the entire longsword in scorching heat.

Qin Ye suddenly raised his sword and slashed horizontally forward. In an instant, a towering wave of fire surged out in a fan shape, turning half the sky a purplish-red color.

Deidara, who was watching from a distance, couldn't help but take a few steps back again. His golden bangs curled up from the heat wave.

"This temperature is even more extreme than my C3."

Surprisingly, the jet-black iron sand imbued with chakra moved unimpeded through the sea of ​​fire, small black dots piercing through the flames and falling precisely to the ground.

"Hmph, useless." Sasori lightly flicked the chakra threads with his fingertips, his mechanical face expressionless: "Don't even mention your fire release, even a tailed beast ball wouldn't be able to do anything to this iron sand. When I dealt with the Third Kazekage, it took me quite a bit of effort."

Qin Ye did not answer, but moved swiftly through the rain of iron sand with his Swift Wind Step. Even though he could not melt the iron sand, it could not harm him either.

Seeing this, Scorpion moved his ten fingers rapidly, and the originally scattered iron sand quickly gathered together under his control, eventually forming a huge cylinder that crashed down towards Qin Ye with tremendous force.

As a large amount of iron sand gathered together, its magnetism increased dramatically. Qin Ye felt an attraction between himself and the iron sand cylinder. No matter how he tried to dodge, the two were being pulled together. There was no way to avoid it.

Just as the iron sand cylinder was about to smash down on him, Qin Ye steadied himself, gripped his knife with both hands, and delivered a fierce upward slash.

boom!
With a deafening roar, a crater ten meters in diameter was smashed into the sand, and Qin Ye was sent flying backward. The Thousand Blades in his hand was now reduced to a bare hilt.

As the enemies they face become increasingly powerful, the Thousand Blades, meticulously crafted in the world of supernatural beings, are clearly no longer able to keep up with the current pace of combat.

It's not that Chief Ma's forging skills are lacking, but rather that the design of the Thousand Blades from the very beginning was not suitable for head-on collisions with powerful forces.

Having gained the upper hand in one strike, Scorpion pressed its advantage, sending the massive iron sand cylinder soaring up and crashing down once more.

It would be really stupid to try and fight this big iron lump.

Qin Ye ignored it, and with a slight thought, thousands of shattered blades shot towards Scorpion like arrows released from a bow. At the same time, his figure disappeared into the shadows.

When he reappeared, he was already behind Scorpion, and he clenched his fist, which was the size of a sandbag, and punched it straight at Scorpion's left heart.

Others may not know, but Qin Ye knows very well that the current Scorpion is essentially a puppet. Even if you tear off his head, he will not truly die.

Its true core weakness lies in the 'regeneration core' located in its left chest, used to generate chakra. Destroying this core will cause Sasori to die completely.

Caught between a rock and a hard place, Scorpion was instantly in a precarious situation. No matter how powerful his puppet was, it was too late to come to his rescue.

However, Scorpion was experienced and knew the priorities well; he was acutely aware of his own weaknesses.

Being hit by the countless shattered blades was nothing to worry about, but the punch from behind, whether it was a fluke or not, was aimed at his core, so he had to be on guard.

The scorpion quickly twisted its body, crossing its arms to protect itself.

With a muffled thud, he was sent flying backward like a kite by the punch.

At the same time, he keenly felt a chill creeping up from behind. The countless shattered blades were not attacking randomly, but with great purpose, each one aimed precisely at his left heart.

Scorpion realized in that instant that the opponent must know his weakness, otherwise it would be impossible for the opponent to attack his regeneration core so accurately twice.

But how could that be? He never showed himself to anyone after transforming himself into a puppet, so there was no way outsiders could know.

Scorpion was utterly shocked and couldn't understand it at all.

But now was not the time for him to calm down and think. His ten fingers trembled rapidly like lightning, controlling the Third Kazekage puppet to emit a large amount of magnetic chakra, trying to attract the flying blades.

Although it couldn't seize control from Blade Will, it did make Shattered Blade much slower.

Taking this opportunity, Scorpion landed smoothly and quickly took out another scroll.

As he cast his spell, one figure after another, draped in red cloaks, sprang from the scroll. They were puppets, and a rough estimate suggested there were no fewer than a hundred.

In the ninja world, the strength of a puppeteer is determined by the number of puppets they can control; to control so many at once is unprecedented.

This is the puppet technique that Scorpion once used to slaughter a city—the Hundred Machine Manipulation!
Sasori ripped off his Akatsuki robe and tossed it aside. On his left chest was a cylindrical jar with the character 'Sasori' printed on it, beating like a heart. This was his regeneration core, or rather, his true form.

"You've done enough to force me to use a puppet capable of slaughtering a city against you. I'm becoming more and more interested in your body now. Flesh and blood are weak and fragile. I will grant you true immortality."

As soon as he finished speaking, a lid suddenly opened on Sasori's right chest, and a large number of chakra threads surged out, connecting to the hundred puppets.

As the chakra threads connected, these puppets seemed to be electrified, activating their weapon mechanisms and swarming towards Qin Ye.

Qin Ye, who was very used to group battles, showed no fear in the face of hundreds of puppets and the Third Kazekage. He raised his hand to summon back Thousand Blades and charged forward.

In an instant, swords clashed and hidden weapons appeared everywhere.

The battle raged on, creating quite a spectacle, which made Kakuzu and Deidara, who were watching from afar, stare with wide eyes and exclaim with delight.

Qin Ye discovered that fighting these hundred puppets was far more difficult than facing a hundred Jonin.

Destroying these puppets wouldn't allow him to enter a berserk state, and the Blood Rage stacks couldn't be increased by even one layer.

His two group battle passive abilities are completely useless.

Sasori's puppetry skills were unparalleled, placing him at the very top of the ninja world.

One person can control a hundred puppets with ease, and with each puppet lost, the remaining puppets become even more agile and their attacks even more fierce, just like real people.

Moreover, these puppets are numerous and fearless of pain and death; it is no exaggeration to say that they could annihilate an entire city.

In the original manga, Sakura and Chiyo were able to defeat him with this level of strength. Qin Ye absolutely did not believe that Sasori hadn't held back.

When Sasori fought Sakura and Chiyo, he probably only used half his strength, but when he fought him, he probably used every ounce of his strength.
However, these things were no match for Qin Ye.

As time went on, Scorpion's puppet army dwindled in number, and Qin Ye was not unscathed either; his body bore marks of cuts from sharp blades.

The mechanisms of the scorpion puppet were all coated with poison. The reason Qin Ye could still fight as if nothing had happened was entirely due to the flames swirling around him.

No matter how potent the poison, it will evaporate instantly under such high temperatures and cannot be preserved.

The battle has entered a fierce and intense phase.

Scorpion watched as the puppet crumbled and shattered amidst the flashing blades and roaring flames, and couldn't help but let out a cold snort:
"That's quite a simple and brutal attack method."

As he spoke, Sasori manipulated the Third Kazekage to join the battle, and iron sand condensed into a spike, which spun like a top and smashed towards Qin Ye.

Sasori didn't let the Third Kazekage use iron sand to attack Qin Ye with the other puppets because if the iron sand accidentally got into the other puppets, it would instantly immobilize their joints, thus affecting the overall battle.

However, as the number of puppets decreased and the precision of Scorpion's control increased, these concerns disappeared.

Feeling the powerful pulling force emanating from the iron top, Qin Ye pursed his lips; this thing was truly annoying.

Qin Ye stretched out his arm, and a white stream of light shot out from his wrist, instantly transforming into a giant white fox tens of meters tall.

As soon as Xiaobai appeared, he slapped the iron top, which was as heavy as a small mountain, and sent it flying, drawing a long arc in the air.

"A summoned beast!"

Scorpion frowned, and just as he was about to manipulate the puppet, he saw a sky full of deep blue flames engulfing him.

Unaware of the true nature of this thing, he quickly retreated, only to find that Qin Ye had appeared behind him like a ghost at some point.

Scorpion snorted coldly, and the mechanisms on his arms instantly sprang up, causing two enormous blades, resembling meat grinders, to begin spinning at high speed.

Scorpion wanted to use this move to force Qin Ye back. No matter how good the opponent's swordsmanship was, it was impossible for him to break through the mechanism that had no gaps in his attacks. Moreover, in his opinion, the opponent's sword was not very sturdy.

However, reality was quite different from what Scorpion had imagined.

Thick, ink-black blood energy surged from Qin Ye's body, transforming into a ferocious beast that let out a deafening roar and pounced in the blink of an eye.

(End of this chapter)